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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1973
Page
3
Legal notice in district court Pontotoc County Oklahoma: Gwen Black executor seeks hearing March 1 1873 on final account and determination of heirs, devisees and legatees, for distribution and discharge. Adress Ada Oklahoma. Attorneys listed.
Plaintiffs Mamie Hall Alia Thomas and Charlie Forrester sue in Pontotoc County District Court against unknown heirs executors administrators devisers and assigns of Mary Jane Shield a full blood Chickasaw Indian deceased and the State of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Tax Commission demanding answer by March 20 1973 or a judgment quieting title to described land in Pontotoc County Oklahoma specifically the Southwest Quarter and West Half of the Southeast Quarter Section Thirty Three Township Three North Range Eight East.
Public notice in Pontotoc County Oklahoma invites bids for the Ada Urban Renewal Authority’s Hammond Heights Storm Sewage and Pavement Improvements. Documents at Ada office and McAlester. deposit required. bids due by late March 1973. payroll nondiscrimination and bond requirements noted. authority reserves right to reject bids.
Verna Armstrong executrix files final account for the estates of T. H. Pinson and Martha L. Pinson in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Hearing set for March 1973 at 10:00 AM in Ada District Court to determine heirs, distribution, and discharge executrix.
President Nixon said he would propose tax reform to Congress and seek relief from the property tax burden for older Americans. He indicated the plan would build on reforms of 1969 and 1971 with no details. The Ways and Means Committee is studying changes to close income tax loopholes while the administration plans bills on unemployment insurance minimum wage private pensions and transportation reforms.
Plaintiffs Clyde Shue and Lela Shue sue Cordelia Irvin and others in Pontotoc County District Court Oklahoma to quiet title to all Lots One and Two, Block Seventy-Five, Original Townsite of Roswell, Oklahoma. Default judgment sought if defendants fail to answer by April 4, 1973. Court clerk Carl Stewart presiding. attorney Bob Bennett of Ada.
Oil Center notes show A B Northam visiting his mother Mrs Josie Northam on Friday while Leon Northam visited Saturday. The Rev Gerald Sutton his wife and Chris attended a birthday dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Ance Price honoring Vance Frice.
The report lists numerous social calls and visits by residents including Mrs Ruth Sutton and Mrs Jo Guinn with family in Konawa and Oil Center. Others attend fat stock shows in Ada and church services at Oil Center and Tiger Mountain Camp Ground with drivers and helpers listed among families like the Griffins, Ohslens, Eaves, Lewises, and Suttons.
A garden writer details protective measures for seedlings including wire mesh cages over beds to deter quail and other birds, along with seedling care using plastic trays, Jiffy pots, and nursery lighting. The piece notes preheating seed trays indoors and later transplanting under plastic in full sun, echoing a hands on approach to home gardening.
The Air Pollution Council recommended Ideal Cement Co be granted a one year variance to control dust emissions. Plant deliveries lagged and the compliance schedule must include enforceable dates. If progress is satisfactory, the council may extend the variance after interim dates, pending State Board of Health approval on March 4.
A Wyche family home on 16th Street hired a tree-trimmer who dislodged a limb during trimming. The limb fell onto a main electrical line, tripping the Atla s0 substation and darkening the southeast quarter of Ata. Crews cleared the circuit 39 minutes later.
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